Tamio Shiraishi/Brian Osborne/Jeffrey Shurdut Trio
Saturday, March 27th, 2010, 2am - 6am
on
Nat Roe
With one of the most violent yet conceptually restrained sounds this side of Albert Ayler, the new Shiraishi/Osborne/Shurdut group is a veteran trio of sax, guitar and drums. Shiraishi's unrelenting wails in the sax's high register meld with blistering feedback from Shurdut's guitar. Brian Osborne's scattered drumming style lends some dynamic depth to the assault. On their own, each of these musicians has performed with top players in free jazz and noise. Together, the band is on a clear mission; to challenge your mind until brain hemorrhaging occurs.

Aluk Todolo, live from WFMU Fest, 10.1.2009Wednesday, March 24th, 2010, 8pm - 11pm
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
These very busy, talented Frenchmen (whose combined credits also include the black metal band Diamatregon, the insane hard rock of Gunslingers, and the excellent Amourtout productions label) opened WFMU's 3-day music festival this past October at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The band combines black metal gooey cobweb vibes and hyperdrive 2/4 with a thudding, Krautrock insistence, and no messy vocals. Just when you're chugging along--big, ugly, stone doors open and monsters come out. Thanks to Brian Turner for coaxing AT across land and sea, and for all his hard work on the mighty Fest, and to Scott Williams for the recording. These tracks, collectively a 28-minute excerpt of Aluk Todolo's set, were remixed and wax-stamped by the band themselves. Tune in for Wm. Berger's exclusive airing of these tracks (which, per the band's request, will be aired this once, and will not be available for download via our blog or FMA).

Andy ShernoffTuesday, March 23rd, 2010, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
The legendary songwriter/founder/bassist of the Dictators and Manitoba's Wild Kingdom has put together a new show called "When Giants Walked The Earth: A Musical Memoir by Andy Shernoff." Andy brings it to Maxwell's in Hoboken on March 27 and stops by FMU to play a few tunes and give us a preview.

WFMU & Aquarius Records SXSW Showcase live from Austin, TXFriday, March 19th, 2010, 8pm - 2am
on
Live Broadcasts and Special Events
WFMU teams up again this year with our pals at Aquarius Records in San Francisco to drop a 14-band live extravagaza in Texas! Once again, we'll be hosting our very own showcase at SXSW in Austin, and broadcasting live. It all happens on Friday, March 19th at 7pm (central) at Encore (formerly Spiro's) on 611 Red River downtown. Our lineup is a mix of the heavy, damaged, darkly, punk, weird, noisy, poppy, trippy sounds, some hometown NY/SF heroes representing in Austin, and even a full on Cambodian psych-pop dance party at night's end! WFMU curated: Pierced Arrows, Liturgy, Sonny & the Sunsets, Dengue Fever, Drunkdriver, Home Blitz, Moon Duo. From Aquarius: True Widow, Shit & Shine, Todd, Epileptinomicon, Headdress, Iron Man, and Speedwolf! Check out our home page for links to more info and sounds to preview from the bands! WFMU's Liz Berg, Scott Williams, Brian Turner, Diane Kamikaze and Jason Sigal will be in attendance so if you're in Austin come on down and say hi! WFMU will have some swag, as well as posters specially designed by famous UK artist Savage Pencil!

The individual performers of these rites will be Excepter'sLala Ryan as the queen witch Hecate, Sister Jillian of the Crow Hill Gnostic Temple as the moon goddess Diana, & will feature Telecult's Mister Matthews & Witchbeam as their hounds. You may wonder what the purpose is... Initiation? Contact? Creation? All will be revealed to those with patience, and those who donate are guaranteed psychic illuminations.

Ted Leo and Jon Wurster
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010, 8pm - 11pm
on
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
Tune into Week One of The Best Show On WFMU's fundraising show to hear the one and only TED LEO and JON WURSTER live in studio. Ted is coming by to play some songs and have some fun, and he's got some awesome surprises up his sleeve. Jon will be doing some hilarious stuff, and again - he's got a sleeve as well, and there are also surprises up his too! It's gonna be a great time, so tune in and be entertained while making your pledges!

Rana SantacruzSaturday, February 27th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
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Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Accordionist and singer Rana Santacruz is at the vanguard of New York's burgeoning Mexican emigre music scene, leading a sharp young band that runs a wildly eclectic gamut from rancheras to rock, bluegrass to Mariachi, Nueva Cancion to Irish music. His solo debut cd Chicavasco is hot off the presses - a big gig to celebrate its release is coming up at Joe's Pub on March 4. We get a preview tonight with Rana and band live in the studio.

The Black HolliesSaturday, February 27th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
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The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Terre T is proud to welcome Jersey City heroes The Black Hollies back to the Cherry Blossom Clinic! Their latest album "Softly Towards the Light" (Ernest Jennings records) has been blowing people away with its mix of heavy psych freakouts, soulful vocals and top notch songwriting--it even ranked third on Terre's Top Faves for 2009! You can check them out live at the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ later that night, but hear them do their thing earlier that day on the Cherry Blossom Clinic! And go to theblackhollies.com for more information!

Jesse TorrisiMonday, February 22nd, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
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Irene Trudel's show
Sitting behind the drums was not enough for Jesse Torrisi. After pounding the skins in a dozen New York rock bands (Unisex Salon, Laptop, Les Fleurs Tragiques), Ms. Torrisi decided it was time to bring her songwriting frontside. Her debut, through the streets of Brazil, Brooklyn, & New Orleans--places Jessie's lived in the last decade. Jesse Torrisi and bandmates play live on WFMU.

Breaking terrible records
Sunday, February 21st, 2010, 6am - 9am
on
Airborne Event
Join Dan for catharsis with a hammer. In this very special episode of Airborne Event, Dan will play really bad recordings (like, even worse than what he usually plays), then smash them with a hammer while describing why they suck so much. Included will be select musical space-wasters from Dan's overstuffed personal collection, as well as donations of CDs, LPs, and cassettes that deserve to die. There's still time to email Dan at danb at wfmu dot org to find out how to donate those embarrassing '80s cassingles you've been hiding in a shoebox for two decades. If you submit it, Dan promises that he will destroy it. And don't miss the exciting finale -- you will be shocked and amazed at how devoted, how downright businesslike, Dan can be when annihilating records! Not for the faint-hearted.

Bird Show
Saturday, February 20th, 2010, 9pm - Midnight
on
Daniel Blumin's show
Ex-Town and Country guitarist and member of Singer and Soft Circle Ben Vida has released three solo albums as Bird Show on Kranky and has now expanded the project into a true-blue collaboration feat. Josh Abrams, Jim Baker, Dan Bitney and John Herndon (the latter two of Tortoise). Bird Show Group, a new album just released on Amish is a real doozy! We'll be discussing the record and broadcasting an exclusive piece recorded by Ben especially for WFMU. Get your synthesizer patches ready and check out Bird Show at Le Poisson Rouge with Four Tet on February 17th.

PitomSaturday, February 20th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Guitarist Yoshi Fruchter and his potent Judeo-tinged but multi-faceted all-instrumental outfit Pitom sets WFMU studio B ablaze. It's a full-throttle tune up for the Tzadik-label artists' eagerly awaited show at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St. on the Lower East Side on Wednesday March 10. Tune in for a searing live set - and to learn how puppetry begets downtown gigs, among other mysteries of the trade!

Yummy FurSaturday, February 20th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic could not be more excited to host the 10 year reunion of the legendary Yummy Fur! This amazing and influential Scottish combo rewrote the pop history books back in the early to mid-90s and upon disbanding went on to form bands like Male Nurse, 1990s, Country Teasers and Franz Ferdinand. They've got a compilation, "Piggy Wings: The Collected Yummy Fur" coming out soon on What's Your Rupture, but before that drops, listen to them blast through their classics from their WFMU live session recorded from their recent 1st ever tour of the USA!

Rob Swift
Friday, February 19th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
As both an accomplished solo artist and member of the acclaimed turntablist crew the X-ecutioners (formerly the X-Men) Jackson Heights, NY DJ/producer Rob Swift has built quite a rep for himself over the past two decades. The ever prolific artist will soon release his latest solo album, "The Architect," on Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings. And to celebrate the occasion on the Friday before its release, February 19th, Rob Swift will stop by WFMU to talk about his illustrious career and show off his turntable skills.

Towering Heroic DudesWednesday, February 17th, 2010, 8pm - 11pm
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
TO HELL WITH PRECIPITATION -- WE'LL GET DRUNK ON CHEAP WINE. Prevented from appearing on the Castle last week by the punishing, icy flakes, this Brooklyn noise supergroup visit Wm. Berger's show to create a triumphant, layered and complex din, descendant of early electroacoustic ensembles like AMM and Scratch Orchestra. (Think AMM's '66-'68 live sessions, through an American, pocket-tee filter.) No source seems to be off the table, as prerecorded signals are warped, an electric bass suggests resonant "follow me" tones, a turntable gets abused, an alto gets whipped out, and digital doo-dads, keyboards and guitar amps generally get the crap beaten out of them (and are occasionally coddled.) THD (as they are economically known) did not start out as a bunch of dudes, oh no, and their lineup has shifted over the years around the energetic constant of Neil Vendrick (Another Tombstone Dream, Random Tapes), who's currently flanked by Nathan Rulli (Laurel Craig, Enerver, head of Abandon Ship records) and Paul Haney (Rust Worship, Enerver, head of Obsolete Units records.) THD have CDrs out on Obsolete Units and Phase! Records, as well as a tape on Cryptic Carousel.

Yoko OnoTuesday, February 16th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
At 77, Yoko Ono has just released one of her best records, "Between My Head and the Sky," a cosmic and kinetic set of songs featuring Daniel Carter, Yuka Honda, son Sean and others in what looks like a full resurrection of the Plastic Ono Band moniker. In fact, an epic big-band version will be performing a (now sold-out) set at BAM on February 16th with a lineup that will include the boggling collision of Cornelius, Paul Simon, Thurston Moore, Jim Keltner, Haruomi Hosono, Eric Clapton, Kim Gordon and Bette Midler. Tune in that afternoon when Brian gets the exciting opportunity to sit down with Yoko at her studio and delve into the life and mind of one of the great avant-garde figures in conceptual, performance, visual and sound art.

Ohioan
Monday, February 15th, 2010, Midnight - 3am
on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
The band of troubadours who call themselves "Ohioan" set off from the Northwest last autumn, seeking alms and opportunities to spread joy. The road claimed a good 3/4 of the band, but they made it with their swirling psychic folk to WFMU's Love Room last November, only to have any record of their presence destroyed. Endless hours of labor has resulted in the reconstruction of their visit, and it is with great pride that we present to you Ohioan on the Brother Lucy Lost and Lovelorn Post-Valentine's Day Spectacular, Monday, Feb. 15 at midnight.

Emitt Rhodes
Saturday, February 13th, 2010, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
ichael chats with pop music legend Emitt Rhodes - who started drumming as a teen in the house band at L.A. nightclub Hullabaloo, The Palace Guard, then fronted The Merry-Go-Round (who had a hit with "Live"), then released a series of solo albums that made him a critical favorite & earned him a cult following. After some bad business dealings and ten years of non stop work - he was burned out at age 24. He'll discuss his latest attempt at a comeback, his struggle with his mental & physical health, his creative process and much more in this startlingly honest interview.

Teengirl FantasyWednesday, February 10th, 2010, 2am - 6am
on
Marty McSorley's show
Chill out synth house break masters Teengirl Fantasy take a time out from recording their debut record for True Panther Sounds to stop by the WFMU studios for a live set. Armed with a stack of gear full of flashing lights they spent the last few months taking over late night discos in Amsterdam. Now that they are back stateside they are poised to lay waste to dance floors and hearts across the nation.

Vitamin DMonday, February 8th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Brooklyn-based Vitamin D plays what they call "trumpety thought pop." Fronted by trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist Dennis Cronin, the music is graceful, catchy and bittersweet. Vitamin D just released their second album, "Bridge," and they'll play some of it live on WFMU.

Tanya TagaqSaturday, February 6th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Tanya Tagaq is a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award-winning Inuit singer from Nunavut in far northern Canada. She has morphed the region's traditional throat-singing (which you may be familiar with from the acclaimed Inuit indie film Atanarjuat) into her own wildly dynamic, very un-traditional style. She's noted for her collaborations, having worked with Björk and Kronos Quartet among others. Tanya will join Kronos and an array of Arctic artists for a big northern-climes concert extravaganza, "Tundra Songs", at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on Saturday, March 13. On tonight's show she previews her latest CD, Auk/Blood.

Dennis Diken with Bell SoundSaturday, February 6th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Terre T is honored to welcome Dennis Diken and Bell Sound to the Cherry Blossom Clinic! Diken is already a living legend for his three-plus decades with the Smithereens, but now he steps out from behind the drumset with his long-awaited solo debut "Late Music" on Cryptovision Records. Hear why Diken's "Late Music" was in Terre T's top 5 albums of 2009! Brian Wilson said that these guys have class, so see for yourself at the Record Collector in Bordentown NJ on February 6th or at Maxwell's on February 13th, but be sure to tune into the Cherry Blossom Clinc to hear them live FIRST! Get more info here.

Iron ManThursday, February 4th, 2010, 11pm - 2am
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Doom Metal Legends Iron Man from Baltimore will be performing live on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine Thursday February 4th, around 11:20 pm. Check them out at the Clash Bar in Clifton on January 29th, and check out their great new, savagely heavy CD: "I Have Returned", on the Shadow Kindgom record label!

Sore Eros
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, 9am - Noon
on
Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
Sore Eros is a psych-pop/folk project led by Robert Robinson, from Northampton, MA. Robinson and frequent collaborator Adam Langelloti have visited the WFMU studios before as members of Gary War's band. Last year, Shdwply Records released Sore Eros' Second Chants LP, which garnered comparisons to early Pink Floyd by The Wire Magazine. The album featured a guest appearance by Kurt Vile, who appeared alongside Sore Eros, Ariel Pink, Gary War and others on the Light Dead Sea compilation. We'll hear excerpts from this rare compilation as well as a live set from the 4-piece incarnation of Sore Eros this morning on Talk's Cheap.

Chris KochMonday, February 1st, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
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Irene Trudel's show
Darkness covers Chris Koch's musical world view with a twist of jazz. Which is not to say he's a complete pessimist. There are beautiful moments in the music, featuring members of the NJ outside jazzers Monkeyworks, also heard on his latest disc, "Scenes from the Coastal Evacuation." Chris Koch brings a live set to WFMU.

Fiery Furnaces
Monday, February 1st, 2010, Midnight - 3am
on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
The sibling core of The Fiery Furnaces came by to visit The Brother Lucy Show on the heels of their final tour of 2009 and just before the start of the first tour of 2010, or during a break in their tour supporting their new album "Take Me Round Again." Taking advantage of the Love Room's Farfisa, piano and drums, they played a lovingly guitar-free set of old and new songs. Check it Monday, Feb 1 between 12 and 3 am on WFMU's The Brother Lucy Show with Kurt Gottschalk.

NouvellasSaturday, January 30th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is excited to host the Nouvellas' return to WFMU this Saturday January 30th. Rising from the ashes of the Dansettes, Nouvellas maintain their former bands grooving '60s thump while adding a little more rock and even country to the mix, and the twin femme vocal attack of Jaime Kozyra and Leah Fishman is as breathtaking as ever. Check them out later that night (Jan 30) at Cameo in Brooklyn or on Feb 26th at Asbury Lanes in NJ with the Turbo Fruits AND Feb 27th at the Cake Shop NYC, but
tune into the CBC to hear them live this Saturday January 30th! And find out more at www.nouvellas.com!

Taylor Negron
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 2am - 6am
on
Night People
Tune into Night People this week as Dave & Sandy continue to blaze a trail into 2010 with everyone's favorite mailman, pizza delivery man, taxi driver and comedian- actor, Taylor Negron. He'll be discussing his roles in such Hollywood classics as "Better Off Dead," "One Crazy Summer," and "Bad Medicine" as well as his new one man show "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Taylor Negron." Set your alarms now!!

RedhookerMonday, January 25th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
As a member of Slow Six, and now as a part of his own ensemble Redhooker, Stepehen Griesgraber excels in dreamlike fretwork, embellished with electronics. Griesgraber composes in a non-traditional but faintly classical style for Redhooker's latest album, "Vespers," which includes its share of improv. The ensemble, including the likes of violinist Maxim Moston, tickles the edge of the classical world but quickly drifts wholly other.

Later: With his sharp and feisty San Francisco band the Cuban Cowboys - who join us for a live set - El Cuban Cowboy Jorge Navarro explores his Cuban-American identity through rock, roll and rumba. The Cuban Cowboys' new EP The Devil's Dance was produced acclaimed Latin music and alt.latin producer Greg Landau.

The Dutchess and the DukeSaturday, January 23rd, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is honored to welcome The Dutchess and the Duke to the show on January 23rd. This male/female duo's psyched-out blend of moody folk-blues acoustics and heartbreaking two-part harmonies brings to mind mid-'60s Stones crossed with Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen, but wholly original and unique in its own right. They'll be highlighting songs from their new Hardly Art album Sunset/Sunrise and more, so tune into The Cherry Blossom Clinic and bask in the glory! Catch them live on 1/7 at Union Hall in Brooklyn or 1/8 at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan.

WFMU's Scratch Attack Part II
Friday, January 22nd, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
On this week's special edition of "Put The Needle On The Record" with Billy Jam, guest turntablists DJ ALF, D. Official, Dope Man, and Dre Mayes will perform a live, four turntable, freestyle scratch remix of WFMU's locked groove record "Running In Place" as part of their extended "WFMU Scratch Attack Part II" improv set. Also in the studio will be New York City producer Blockhead, who, over the past dozen years, has built a rep for both his work with other artists (Aesop Rock, Slug, Murs, etc.) as well as his solo productions including his brand new album, "The Music Scene," which is his fourth album on Ninja Tune.

Explosive Improvised DeviceWednesday, January 20th, 2010, 8pm - 11pm
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
Wm. Berger welcomes Explosive Improvised Device (aka Anthony Saunders) to the Castle. Anthony has been making noise since 1995, recording and gigging like a madman. Before you can even absorb a new EID release fully, he's already thinking 5-6 releases ahead. Thing is, all his stuff is pretty damn good, and it better be! He's played live with some of the biggest names in modern noise (MSBR, Guilty Connector and Discordance Axis, among many others) and featured on releases as a member of Dataclast on Crucial Blast and Relapse. With previous releases on RRR, Troniks and Factotum, and tapes coming soon on Period Tapes and Hospital Productions, Wm. had better have EID on soon, before this guy gets too big for the Castle, and is sipping tea in a Zen garden with Masami Akita (if he isn't already.) Prepare to be blasted and bowled over.

Faust, recorded at WFMU Fest in Brooklyn, plus interview w/Jean-Herve PeronTuesday, January 19th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
A broadcast of the entire performance of German experimental music legends Faust, recorded live at WFMU's 3 night festival at the Music Hall of Williamsburg where the band headlined October 1st. "There is no group more mythical than Faust", said Julian Cope, and indeed, since 1971 the ensemble has created some revolutionary, inventive sounds that helped to firmly establish a German (as opposed to Anglo/American) identity in the realm of psychedelic rock. October's WFMU Fest peformance found longtime mainstays Jean-Herve Peron and Zappi Diermaier joined by James Johnston and Geraldine Swayne for a set of freewheeling electrified mayhem. Classic songs, improvisations, WFMU even rented them a cement mixer! Tune in to hear what you missed if you couldn't make it out, or conversely, relive the sounds. Afterwards Brian will be talking to Jean-Herve Peron via telephone and delving more into the past, present and future of the group.

The DoughboysTuesday, January 19th, 2010, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Not the Restless Records' Doughboys of the late '80s/early 1990s. These Doughboys are the 1960s New Jersey garage legends from Plainfield. They were regulars on Zacherle's Disc-o-teen and won a battle-of-the-bands contest on that program that earned them a contract with Bell Records. Their two single releases, "Rhoda Mendelbaum" and "Everybody Knows My Name" are sought-after collector's items. The Doughboys have reunited for the 21st century and are about to release their second album, "Act Your Rage."

AfroskullMonday, January 18th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Hoodoo trance rock meets New Orleans jazz in Afroskull. They describe themselves as a "New York City funk/rock collective by way of New Orleans. The 'Skull is a sonic gumbo that is one part Funkadelic and one part Black Sabbath with generous helpings of Zappaesque runs and jazzoid horns." Afroskull drops their funk on WFMU's love room for a live set.

Jozef van Wissem
Sunday, January 17th, 2010, 6am - 9am
on
Airborne Event
Dutch lute experimentalist Jozef van Wissem (pronounced YO-sef van WISS-um) will visit Airborne Event to run through some of his stark, meditative musical palindromes on a recently-acquired swan-neck lute. Not a lot of people are making contemporary music on the lute, but Jozef is collaborating with musicians like Smegma and James Blackshaw to take the lute into the modern age.

Golden Festival RemoteSaturday, January 16th, 2010, 6pm - Midnight
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Every January, NY Balkan music scene pioneers the Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band organize the Golden Festival - a massive two-night grassroots Balkan and East European music and dance festival at the Good Shepherd School, 620 Isham Street in the Inwood section of Upper Manhattan. The festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is the biggest event of its kind in New York City: The second night (Saturday) is a marathon featuring 40-50 bands and artists performing on three stages from 6pm until 4 in the morning. Tonight with the help of co-host / tech guru Irene Trudel and our peerless crew, Transpacific Sound Paradise will broadcast all the music from the Golden Festival's "Kafana" stage from 6pm until midnight. (Kafana is Serbo-Croatian for "cafe"; the stage is located conveniently near the food and beer!) We're going an extra three hours (with thanks to Daniel Blumin) so we can squeeze in as many bands as possible!

Quartet San Francisco, plus Irene's faves of 2009Monday, January 11th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Continuing their flirtation with Jazz, Quartet San Francisco has now given its own quirky whirl to the music of Dave Brubeck. It's classical crossover that swings like the Brubeck originals. Quartet San Francisco is in town for a couple of NYC shows and drop by WFMU to record a live radio set. Also, Irene plays tunes from some of her favorite albums of 2009.